Parts of northern India were on lockdown Monday, with 4,000 government troops patrolling the streets, transport and mobile internet services suspended and religious worshippers prevented from gathering. The measures weren’t a response to a natural disaster or political crisis, however, but the sentencing of a flamboyant religious leader who claims […]
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LONDON — A mysterious chemical haze that drifted onto England’s south coast sent dozens to hospital on Sunday. Around 150 people sought treatment complaining of eye and throat irritation while others vomited on clifftops around Birling Gap, which is located around 70 miles south of central London. Public Health England […]
Marking the state’s national Navy Day today, the Rodong Simnum, a newspaper of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea, revisited an article from the launch of a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) in April last year. The article, titled ‘Only victory and glory would lie ahead for the armed forces of […]
The renown cosmologist Max Tegmark said the world has little over 30 years to address the possibility of humans being replaced by superhuman machines. Prof Tegmark, who founded the Future of Life Institute alongside business magnate Elon Musk and Prof Stephen Hawking, explained science should focus on developing ways to […]
Europol chief Rob Wainwright urged European intelligence agencies and police to work together to stop terrorism as prevention becomes even more difficult. Speaking to the Today Programme, Mr Wainwright said: “I’ve seen a significant increase in information sharing between countries and agencies but we need to go further. “The threat […]
DANDONG, China — President Donald Trump’s war of words with North Korea may have cooled in recent days, but that hasn’t stopped Chinese tourists from jostling with one another to catch a glimpse at the reclusive country through the telescopes mounted on Broken Bridge. They pointed, waved, took pictures, and […]
EAST2WEST/GETTY Vladimir Putin’s new holiday home has been revealed by Moscow media His sumptuous bolt-hole is part of a complex involving a restored tsarist mansion famous as being used in a Soviet movie about Sherlock Holmes. Villa Sellgren is built on an island in the Vyborg Bay, around 12 miles […]
They are an “Army of God” waiting for Armageddon at their compound in a remote corner of New Mexico. They wear uniforms, have ranks, and take their orders from a self-appointed “general” named Deborah “Lila” Green who claims to be an “Oracle of God.” Deborah “Lila” Green in an undated […]